This is the fall line.

Maybe there are no real endings in life.

There are simply transitions into other states.

That's certainly true in a cold case.

Whether there's a reunion, a discovery, an arrest, or even a conviction,

there are always unanswered questions, and when we discuss those mysteries, we keep the case alive.

As long as the names of Jeanette and D'Nat Millbrook are in the public consciousness,

this case isn't done, and thank God for that.

Because we might argue that it has only just begun.

The last thing we want in this case is closure, because hasn't it been closed long enough?

So much is in motion, but it's also all up in the air.

A series of hopes penned on the goodwill that we hope officials feel and the responsibility we think they owe.

This is not about the blame game.

The media, the nonprofits, the police involved today may not have been involved then,

and they're not responsible for the mistakes that their predecessors made.

However, they are responsible for their current treatment of the case.

We understand the limitations of overstaffed underfunded forces,

but those forces can still take a family's phone calls and give them a meeting.

They can choose to invite a victim's mother in instead of making her wait in the lobby.

They can discuss solutions.

We haven't heard from Richmond County Sheriff's Office in quite some time,

though a reporter recently passed along a message to us.

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